Foreign Legal Specialists

PILPG’s Foreign Legal Specialists Program provides an opportunity for early career international lawyers to spend six months to one year with PILPG. Foreign Legal Specialists generally serve within a single practice area, providing in-depth research and analysis on issues of key importance to PILPG clients.

“In my two years of work with PILPG I have been able to have a real impact on issues that many practitioners spend their whole lives hoping to work on.”
– Francesca Jannotti Pecci, former PILPG Foreign Legal Specialist

2014-2015 Foreign Legal Specialists

Franziska Drohsel is currently an attorney at Law Firm Hummel Kaleck in Berlin, Germany. She previously clerked at the German Federal Constitutional Court and served as the Chairperson for the Young Social Democrats (Jusos) of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Franziska received her LL.D. from Humboldt University in Berlin. She speaks German and Italian.

Vladimir Leposavicis currently a Senior University Lecturer at Mediterranean University in Montenegro and a Fulbright Researcher in the United States. He is also a PhD candidate in International Human Rights Law at the University of Belgrade in Serbia. Vladimir previously provided pro bono assistance in several international war crimes cases in the Hague. He received his LL.M. from University of Belgrade in International Public Law. He speaks Serbian, Italian, and Russian.

Mario Núñez Martínez is currently a Researcher for Pompeu Fabra University. Previously, he was a Researcher at Chinese University of Hong Kong as well as a Legal Trainee for the Spanish Constitutional Court. Mario received his LL.M. in European Law from University Carlos III of Madrid and a dual degree in Law and Business Administration from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. He speaks Spanish, Catalan, and French.